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Jan.8th

In this Oct. 2, 2011 file photo, Atlanta Falcons Tony Gonzalez catches a pass to score a touchdown while being covered by Seattle Seahawks K.J. Wright in the first half of a NFL football game, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

This season: The Falcons, who won their first eight games of the season, claimed the NFC South Division and secured the NFC’s top seed and a first-round bye. Atlanta was 7-1 at the Georgia Dome.

Against the Seahawks: Seattle leads the all-time series, 8-5. The teams have never met in the playoffs. Atlanta won, 30-28, the last time the teams played – Oct. 2, 2011 at CenturyLink Field – but almost blew a 27-7 lead when Steven Hauska’s 61-yard field goal attempt with no time remaining fell short.

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Jan.5th

Sunday’s matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins will bring together two of the best teams in the NFL in forcing turnovers and turning them into scores.

The Seahawks finished No. 6 in the league in sudden change situations this season, while the Redskins finished at No. 3 in the NFL.

Basically, sudden change situations are similar to points off turnovers in basketball — how defenses respond when their offense turns the ball over, and can an offense take advantage of turnovers created by a defense.

Both Seattle and Washington have done a better job creating turnovers in the second half of the season, which is why the Seahawks are riding a five-game winning streak and the Redskins have won seven straight.

In the last eight games, Washington has forced 15 turnovers while turning it over only five times (+10 turnover differential).

The Seahawks have forced 20 turnovers and only turned it over five times (+15 turnover differential) in the last eight games.

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Gregg Bell joined The News Tribune in July 2014. Bell had been the director of writing for the University of Washington's athletic department for four years. He was the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press from 2005-10, covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season and beyond. He's also been The Sacramento Bee's beat writer on the Oakland Athletics and Raiders. The native of Steubenville, Ohio, is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.